Libya: Aid Without Discrimination

Vast amounts of unsecured explosive weapons, including surface-to-air missiles, remain unguarded in the area around Sirte, Libya. The National Transitional Council (NTC), Libya's transitional government, has promised for months that it would secure weapons facilities.

In February this year, crisis broke out in Libya, leading to months of conflict. The fall of Tripoli eventually took place in August and in October Colonel Gaddafi was killed, immediately resulting in a National Liberation Day on 23 October 2011. Merlin responded immediately and has been working since to address the health needs of the Libyan [...]

Fifty-three people, apparent Gaddafi supporters, seem to have been executed at a hotel in Sirte last week. The hotel is in an area of the city that was under the control of anti-Gaddafi fighters from Misrata before the killings took place. 

The National Transitional Council (NTC) in Libya should promptly open an independent and impartial investigation with international participation into the deaths of the former leader Muammar Gaddafi and his son Muatassim Gaddafi, Human

(Misrata, Libya) – The National Transitional Council (NTC) in Libya should promptly open an independent and impartial investigation with international participation in

The end of Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule over Libya offers a unique opportunity for the country to end an extraordinarily longera of human rights abuses. Media reports say forces of the National Transitional Council (NTC) or a NATO air strike wounded Gaddafi during fighting in his hometown of Sirte on October 20, 2011. He died soon after, according to these sources.

Nobody expected that it would be like this, however as the news and rumors started trickling in about the capture of Qaddafi early afternoon, the whole town of Misurata exploded into a joyous mood.

Migrants and refugees like this man have been living in and around ships on an abandoned military base on the outskirts of Tripoli. Many have been there since the conflict first began in Libya, seeking refuge from harassment and violence. MSF has been providing medical assistance to this population and is calling for their protection. Read more

Photo: Libya 2011 © Ron Haviv/VII

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